AUTHOR: A Kinloch TITLE: Street Furniture: Watching You on Atlantic Avenue DATE: 12:35 PM ----- BODY:

Compared to London, it's surprising how few and far between CCTV cameras are in NYC. There are 10,000 cameras in the five NYC boroughs combined, which sounds like a lot, but consider that London has more than 200,000. Nationwide, Britain has some 4 million electronic eyes watching her citizens. Even small market towns will have CCTV positions disguised as Victorian street furniture.

I was surprised on a recent Atlantic Avenue stroll to notice a camera flash high up on a post. This device captures motorists who run red lights at the junction with Fifth Avenue. The ice cream seller parked nearby said the camera has been there for about three months. Hopefully fewer drivers will be tempted to blast through red lights and groups of pedestrians.

Labels: atlantic avenue, atlantic yards, street furniture

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Anonymous DATE:3:02 PM Um, this camera was NOT installed to catch red light runners, genius. Its placement might have a little something to do with the Arab population and their pesky mosques. ----- --------